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SNAP HOOK.-

No. 501,621 Patented July 18, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN J. JENOKS, OF REEDSBURG, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. B.RIGHTER, OF SAME PLACE.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,621, dated July 18,1893.

Application filed March 31, 1893.

To all whom it may concern: Beit known that I, CALVIN J J ENOKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reedsburg, in thecounty of Saukand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Snap- I-Iook, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in snap-hooks and has for itsobject to construct- IO such device from a single piece of wire ofpreferable resiliency embodying the advantages of safety, extremesimplicity, cheapness, and onethat can be easily manufactured. Withthese and other objects in view, the K5 invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts thereof as will be hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

1n the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a snap-hook embodyingthe invention, showing a ring in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the 2 5 drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the attaching loop,which is arranged to receive a strap or other attaching device, andextends transversely of the hook at one end. One end of the said loop 1is extended from the center upwardly and forwardly and then returned andterminating adjacent to the starting point thereof from the said loop,to thereby form a spring-jaw 2, 3 5 that is obliquely arranged at anupward angle and has its members spaced apart and slightly bent orcurved to facilitate the guiding of the ring 3 into the snap-hookproper. The opposite end of the loop 1 is passed over the aforesaid endand extended through the two members composing the jaw 2, and bentslightly downward and then upward in circular form to provide an eye 4,in which the ring 3 or other engaging device is located, and terminatesin a downwardly-bent curved aw 5, that overlaps the upper end of theaforesa1d jaw and terminates in an upturned end 6 that facilitates .theentrance of the ring 3, or other engaging device, into the eye 4. Itwill be Serial No. 468,434:- (No model.)

seen that the upper end of the jaw 2, and the go jaw 5, are normally incontact, and the upward oblique position of the said jaw 2 prevents theaccidental disengagement of the ring 3 or other engaging device from thehook by being suddenly forced backwardly, 5 5 as said movement wouldcause the jaw 2 to be forced more closely against the jaw 5. Theentrance to the eye 4, between the jaws 2 and 5, being at a planeconsiderably above the level of the lower part of the eye 4, alsoprevents an accidental disengagement of the ring or engaging device fromthe hook. It will be seen that the strain upon the hook will be equallydivided, as all parts are alike aflfected in view of the integral andcontinuous formation, and will stand a great amount of strain withoutbecoming buckled or its efficiency destroyed in any way. In removing thering, or other engaging device, the jaw 2 is pressed downward, therebyforming a throat or passageway between the jaws 2 and 5 to form an easyegress for the said ring or other engaging device.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 7 5 Theherein described improved snap hook, the same constructed of a singlepiece of wire doubled upon itself at each side of its center, oppositewhich point its terminals cross, one of said terminals being disposedupward out of the plane of the loop thus formed and doubled upon itselfforming a longitudinal loop through which the remaining terminal passes,and terminating at the point opposite the intersection of the twoterminals, and the remaining terminal diverging from the longitudinalloopand curved to form the hook, the free end of which terminatesagainst the upper side of said longitudinal loop substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

oALvIN J. JENoKs.

Witnesses:

O. O. STEVENS, G. O. GRIsIM.

